. and on that morning, i just thought, you know, i know mr. romney. i've known him for many years. i consider him a friend. when he said that, i just said, think, mitt, think. how can this no longer superpower country that accepts nuclear weapons, has its own internal problems. it's not going to be the soviet union again. so to consider it our major geostrategic foe seemed to me to be something that he needs to think through more carefully. and whether he had or whether it was the advice he got from some of his advisors, i don't know. but i think if he really studies that question, as ssia, a strategic, a geostrategic foe of the united states, i think the answer is no. it's a problem from time to time. we don't like all the policies that mr. putin has or some of the actions that he has taken. and we can debate that with him. we can argue with him. i'm sorry, the russian federation is not going to be an enemy of the united states in the military sense or a foe in the sense of what one normally considers a foe to be. >> what do you think of president obama's foreign policy so far? >> i not he's don

of romney's primary seasoned opponents including newt gingrich who's joining us here in "the situation room." mr. speaker, thanks very much for coming in. >> it's great to be with you, and it's a very exciting day for callista and me. she knew paul since she was an intern. there's a long sense -- and she's a wisconsinite. there's a lot of identity with paul ryan. >> senator kasten from wisconsin back in the '90s. would he have been your pick if you had gotten -- won the republican presidential nomination? >> well, he special would have been on the very short list. and i was asked the other day in some editorial board, if you're looking for somebody to think strategically, who would you want in that room? and i immediately said paul ryan. here's a guy who has mastered the budget, but more importantly, he was one of the key players in creating a republican majority in the house in 2010. he knows how to focus the disciplined, get key things done. and yet he's a very down-to-earth kind of guy. if you look at his life in janesville and his family, he's going to resonate with middle erica, and he

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